LOLI-POP
- Created By Wakusei Aoshi
How to Alienate the Artists that you want to Compliment/Befriend
THROUGH COMMENTS!
Although I find most of these types of comments to be well meaning, they actually make the artist feel very uncomfortable.
What kinds of comments am I talk about? Comments like this
"OH he is lovely. he looks sad to me or lost in thought . he could even be ready to answer a question. he sure is wonderful. I like the flowers behind him. i think it helps move the eyes back to his lovely face. it also separates his outfit from the tile background ( they look like tiles.. or beads) ohh i see that in blue and yellow <3
very lovely. "
I hope I don't offend the poster by using them as an example...;3; Their comment is very kind, though. A bit...too kind?
The comments that talk about the way they think the person in the picture feels is just...odd...Because the artist was most likely not intending, especially in a portrait (which is what the person was commenting on), to give the person a certain feeling.
This is when the person commenting is thinking A BIT too much into the picture and it's just hard to reply to that kind of person.
On that note, yeah, most of the time I notice these comments in a sea of replies having it be the only one WITHOUT a reply...'orz It's saddening, but then at the same time, when I have received comments similar to this...it's hard to comment.
It sort of brings to light maybe that we as the artist, since we didn't actually think about giving the emotion, it feels like we're being scolded in a way. 'The character looks like they're feeling jubilant like they've seen somebody they haven't seen for years' Uhh...Actually we just wanted to draw a simple smiling face...not that deep...not that deep...O.o;
With art and with literature look at the context of the picture, if there is nothing for them to be sad or happy about then they probably are just smiling or frowning.
Basically all the artist wants to hear is how YOU feel about the picture, not how they think the character feels.
Also something that seems to bother a lot of artists: Don't compare their art to somebody else's. As in, don't say 'That person looks like Batman!' or something.
First of all, the person will think you being a shallow because you basically saying you did not look at the details of the picture that show that it is NOT Batman.
Second, it is a comment, I know, but it's like going to a picture that's actually of Batman and saying 'I like Batman'...Okay, that's nice, but you really aren't saying anything about the picture.
Lastly, as a compliment it doesn't really work. I know you might really love Rei Ayanami and you really like this character design 'cause she looks like Rei Ayanami, but the artist might no know who that is or even like that character so it might be offensive. Also it makes it seem like you're saying their character is unoriginal.
ALTHOUUUGGHHH~ For me personally, I don't really care about those kinds of comments. I actually like them 'cause I like comparing things, but I've heard a LOT of artists complain about it. I can see why it can be a problem and/or offensive, but it doesn't really bother me. I also kind of like them because if my character really is unoriginal then that's a kick in the right direction for me to make it more original.
If you're going to make a comment like that keep in mind that you might offend the person, and if you're looking to kick them in to the right direction then go ahead. It's a polite smack in the face! ;D
Alrighty~! I'm done ranting!
By the way, I read another manga.
This one has really cute art and the story is lovely:
Tomodachi no Hanashi
ADIOSSS!!
TT^TT Really good Manga...TT^TT
Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan
From Psycho Pandas:
"I have something I don't want to lose—
So much so that these terrible feelings have grown."
A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live..."
An adaptation of a novel by South Korea's most popular female novelist, Gong Ji-Young.
This manga...the art was SUPERB and by SUPERB I'm not like 'there was that one page and it was so pretty looking and they did a really good job, although occasionally the drawings were really bad in the panels themselves'...No man, I mean EVERY PANEL WAS PERFECT!
It feels so...so unbelievable when I read manga with really good artwork. It makes me flip out.
This manga made me cry...And I couldn't stop crying the entire time I read the last chapter...Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 all over again.
I really love these types of manga where they show different sides of a seemingly black and white situation. I mean, you kill someone, you must be bad, insane, etc. but that's not true at all.
I think I might want to read Gong Ji-Young's novels since they all have controversial themes...I mean, if I can find her stuff translated and online...'orz
But I HIGHLY recommend this manga. It's only 8 chapters. 8 beautiful chapters that are written so well.
Now off ta read more manga on meh listtttttt....'cause I've been neglecting manga for some reason...and anime...Maybe it's because if I get too attached I won't finish more Idolling...but I'm only posting chap 3 and then when I get around to it chap 4. I don't feel like writing chap 4 until I've improved a lot more after chap 3.
Okie dokie~! Adios~! :D
7 Deadly Sins Meme
Stolen from True Story 'cause copy and paste exists! 
Pride:
[ ] You carry a mirror everywhere.
[ ] You carry beauty supplies everywhere. (EVERYWHERE...? Like in a purse? I don't...USE a purse, so, nope)
[ ] You put others down.
[ ] You flaunt or brag about yourself.
[ ] The only topic that interests you is you.
[ ] You don't listen to others problems. (I do 'cause I like hearing them because I can usually use their problems as inspiration for something...*3* Unless it's their 'problems' which I disagree with like that their parents are jerks and won't let me use my phone or something. Nope, if I were your parents I'd take your phone, too)
[ ] You wear booty shorts. (Booty butt cheeks! Actually I do, but not in public...instead as pajamas~! :D)
[x] You wear makeup.
[x] You enjoy attention. (To a certain degree, yes. Doesn't everyone? But I don't enjoy bad attention or the kind where the people are like 'You do THAT?!')
[y] You like to do things YOUR way and YOUR way only. (If somebody has a better idea then I'll go with that, but I prefer my way)
Result: 2.5
Envy:
[ ] You feel negative about your body image. (Psshhh, nawww...Not with kawaii anime characters floating around. If I cared about the 'sexy' image maybe I would.)
[x] You don't have a lot of money.
[ ] You don't have good grades.
[x] You're insecure. (Pretty much, it's hard to be around people. EVERYONE MUST LIKE ME! TT^TT)
[x] Your living conditions aren't the best. (Yeah, they aren't the best. This could mean anything really.)
[x] You cry a lot. (If you knew me in real life you would probably think of me as 'that one girl who is always crying'...half the time people think I'm about to cry when I'm no where near crying)
[y] You are bullied. (Sort of? Yes? It's not the kind of 'gimme your lunch money punk' or anything, but it was enough to make me cry myself to sleep every night. I don't like being laughed at. I'm not good with jokes about me.)
[x] You've never been in a real relationship or have been in a bad one. (I'm scared, man)
[x] You don't attract all the girls/boys. (How would I know if I did?)
[ ] You think everyone else has better things. (Things? No. I mean, I use COPICs and they use Prismas...pshhh)
Results: 6.5
Gluttony:
[ ] You eat a lot.
[ ] You always get more than what you need.
[ ] You always have snacks around your house. (Nuu, and I am dying of something crunchy. We sometimes have some almonds or walnuts...but then I eat them and they are gone so then I have to wait the next few months for more)
[ ] You drink a lot. (I need to drink more liquids...'orz)
[ ] You always have a granola bar or something in your purse.
[ ] You hide food.
[ ] You binge-eat.
[ ] You are normally warm. (I'm normally cold)
[ ] You can crack a lot of your bones. (What does this have to do with gluttony? My brother can! :D)
[ ] You often say, "I'm starving...."
Results: 0 (Haha! XD First time on one of these quizzes!)
Lust:
[ ] You are very sexually active. (Yes I am, to pedophiles...:D Nah, if I was I wouldn't want to know)
[ ] You have had three or more girlfriends or boyfriends.
[ ] You wear matching underwear.
[ ] You wear a lot of makeup.
[x] You have fetishes. (I would say noses, but truthfully it's vein-y hands with large fingernails. Sounds gross, but makes my heart pound...;3;)
[x] You have looked up porn. (Accidentally...Mai Hagiwara is the name for a kawaii jpop idol and a porn star! :D FUN FACTS!)
[x] You are a fan of Yaoi or Yuri. (Meh, I guess so.)
[x] You have "fantasized" (Who doesn't? A boring person that's who!)
Results: 4
Wrath:
[x] You have not had a real relationship.
[ ] You go to anger management classes or used to.
[ ] You have to take special pills. (If I did then...nothing would happen because I don't know how to 'take pills')
[ ] You are aggressive. (I recently took a quiz thing on this and it said that I was not the least bit aggressive and that I should probably try to be more aggressive....'orz)
[x] You hate someone. (Hate, fear, same thing)
[ ] You have hurt someone - physically or mentally. (I am incapable of doing so. Maybe mentally, but I don't want to do that to someone)
[y] You back-talk people. (I put 'y' because if I have I'm not entirely sure because nobody referred to it as back-talk, but I will inquire if they seem to be very unfair)
[ ] You have gotten detention before. (Omigosh! I haven't?! :D YAYY!!)
[ ] You get into fights - verbal or physical. (I debate but I don't fight...I can't think of a time that I have.)
[ ] You are strong. (That's a GREAT joke! XD)
Results: 2.5
Greed:
[x] You often buy things.
[x] You [often] WANT instead of NEED. (Yepp, vidya games...I want choo sooo baaadddd....;3;)
[x] You have expensive things.
[ ] You put yourself before others. (I thought about this for a while, I don't think so...if you want to go eat pizza and I want to go eat tacos then I will go eat pizza)
[x] You can tend to be a little rude. (If it's a little I guess so. I try not to be, but occasionally I slip.)
[ ] You don't try to save money. (I do, but most of the time my mom wants me to spend it so that she doesn't have to worry about it being there...but in video games...ohohoho...)
[ ] You own more than two cars.
[ ] You own more than two credit cards.
[y] You always have to look the best. ('the best'? I try to look 'my best')
Results: 4.5
Sloth:
[x] You don't do gym in school or don't try in gym. (I think I would if the people in there were fun and friendly and not competitive and scary and if we didn't constantly play kick ball)
[ ] You don't have the best grades. (Nuuu...;3; I have the best grades! XD I kid, I'm only 7th in me class, but they aren't bad grades.)
[x] You procrastinate. (On things I want to do.)
[ ] You go to bed at ten p.m. (More like 3 am! XD But that's only for the summer, I usually go to be at 9))
[ ] You often take naps. (I can't take naps. Sleeping for me is either 9-15 hours or no sleep at all)
[ ] You fall asleep in classes.
[x] You're often called lazy. (By my mom! :D And art teacher, but she calls everyone lazy, so it's no big deal)
[ ] You don't participate in class. (I'm leik the only one ever doing anything and one time I actually started crying because nobody in my group helped me when we did our presentations and I didn't want them to think that I was the one doing on the work and I didn't let them participate...Our end result was really crappy because of that, too)
[ ] You do the minimum amount of work.
[ ] You seldom go to church. (I never go to church. Spirituality is pointless to me, especially when its other people tell me what to think.)
Results: 3
Envy? ENVY?! Okay! XD I feel this just has to do with my feelings right now...because I'm really envying the people on Nico Nico...I want to do that, too, but I have zero confidence! 'orz
Klan with Copics
I was working on the cover for Idolling Chap 3 and decided to draw a pic of Klan for practice so I don't screw up on the cover.
Now I feel like doing a lot more drawings with copics.
I didn't do any lineart, and maybe that's what makes it easier because I disliked how this it made the pics look and then colouring over it didn't feel fulfilling.
Haha what is Klan wearing?! XD I wanted a weird outfit and I also wanted a print on his outfit...'orz it looks so silly now! XD
He kinda looks like Shou here...that was completely un-intentional...
Also his headphones look like a stethoscope...'orz I realized after I drew them that he probably only has it in one ear...'orz
Yepp...I hope to post the first few pages of Idolling chap 3 today~! :D
ADIOSS!
Awesome crazy scary dream! O3O
I thought about writing this in a journal, but nein, the world needs to know! Not really, but I thought it would be interesting to share!
The dream starts off where I'm in school sorta with my classmates and it's a new year. The classroom is weird because my entire class fits in it an it looks more like an auditorium, and at the bottom instead of a stage there's the cafeteria...O.o;
Anywayy...we were told about the basic rules and that you will be punished for losing a book or something, maybe it was your homework...I'm not sure. But I did lose it on the second day of school.
This is where it gets crazy weird.
My punishment was that they'd open the portal to the demon world and have the demons come in, I guess to scare us. Well, stupid them, they started killing people. They quickly closed the portal and the few demons that were left were killed by policemen.
Well now that we know what kind of school we are in (pretty sure it now turned into a magic school like Hogwarts) everyone stayed on their toes and did exactly what was told.
There was a gazebo outside with the architecture and student had a tent in there and either used it as a bedroom or just played in it, I don't know, but for some reason that was allowed.
There were your basic other students, the goth girl, the scary buff guy who look like he might bite your head off, the studious students, the people constantly on the verge up peeing their pants, the nice people, and your friends. (Why did I change from I to your...O.o;)
Eventually somebody did mess up and the stupid faculty, probably not the same people from last time, opened up the portal, but they didn't know how to close it so the portal was left open with an army of demons coming.
When I say demons I do not mean smexy animoo demons:
I mean like scary monster creepy demons:
Which are probably more monster than demon, but they were demons in meh dream. They also talked. Some of them were like the titans from Attack on Titan. They were also fairly colourful, but humongous and terrifying.
A bunch of people died and the school was totally destroyed including the land around it and the survivors were just hanging on the edges of land.
I think at this point the me in the first part of my dream changed to some other girl. I was debating...or just trying to figure out for sure if I was a girl or boy, but I'm pretty sure I was a girl...sorry, for the random bit of confusion...it's slightly important to this crazy story?
The only survivors was the goth girl, the guy who lived in the tent, the scary buff guy, a few girls who were either really nice or jerks, but it didn't really matter when everyone was trying to run away from the demons.
We were all split up into different caves so we weren't completely sure who survived. I looked back outside and the buff guy and a few other people were trying to kill the demons and were somewhat successful, but this is an army we're talking about. Even if you kill a few you still have thousands more coming. Eventually the other people were killed and he ran back into the caves to safety.
We felt a bit safe in the caves and just talked about how crazy everything was and how terrified we were. We could hear another group from inside the cave and rushed toward them and then their faint sounds of talking turned into screams and we stopped and went back (obviously they were just now killed). This wasn't really a good idea because the demon that just killed those guys now crashed through the cave and killed everyone except myself and the buff guy who ran to another cave.
There the goth girl was and the guy from the tent. The guy from the tent was complaining that he had important stuff in that tent for defending them, but the goth girl wouldn't listen. Eventually it looked clear and so the guy just ran outside and was picked up by a flying demon.
All seemed terrible UNTIL! We all remembered that we were in a school for magic and that we had magic powers, so why not use them? Duuuhhh...
We all ran out there and started attacking and soon we had enough space between us and the demons that we could move. Suddenly the goth girl began running to one end of the cliff and I chased after her leaving the buff guy to fend off the demons.
It turns out there was a little boy (sorta kind, he was more youthful than we were) standing by the shore. He looked a bit confused and very scared, but the goth girl tried to comfort him. Then the boy started telling us how we should put the demons back into the portal and then he started devising all these plans on how to do so. We ran back to where the buff guy was, but he was gone. We decided we must stay together at all costs.
We used his plans, but none of them worked. Mainly problem was that two people could not make thousands of demons return through a portal. We decided to flee and somehow flew on something to get out of there.
We found some temple-like area to hide in and stayed there for a while until the demons found us and destroyed the place. It was painful for me because there was an important building there...its importance I can only barely remember, and the rest of the place was under construction by numerous amounts of people and they were all just killed because of us.
We went further and further until the demons stopped following us and just cause havoc on the rest of the land we just left.
We fell onto some largely populated town. It looked like one of the small towns from Pokemon, but compared to the rest of the places we went to this was vastly larger in population. We kept running because we didn't trust that the demons weren't following us and hid in different places.
Then I asked some villager how to get rid of the demons. Oh yeah, the place was rid of demons for a very long time. Once there was a terrible outbreak like this and one of the members of the village they were in led an army to rid the demons and they did. The villager told us that we couldn't go talk to him because he didn't speak anymore, but we could find information in the museum.
We went to the museum, got some info, but it wasn't that helpful. Then we went to the guy who stopped it years ago and he really couldn't speak. He was like a vegetable. His wife took care of him and explained to us his situation that ever since he saved the world that long time ago he has been a vegetable.
The boy suddenly had some weird epiphany when I realized that he was actually the person who saved them years ago and that the guy was a vegetable now because he sealed a part of himself, which was the boy, into the demon world to make sure the demons don't try to open any portals.
With that information the boy decided that now we needed to get an army, so we went to this weird congress place that was in the sky...they were like judges in the sky looking down on everyone...O.o; And pleaded for help, but nobody would help.
Their problem was that they think that place deserved to be wrecked if the people were stupid enough to open the portal. We tried to explain why just because they did it doesn't mean everyone is guilty and swayed a few.
Then I woke up! :D
Gosh, explaining it is hard...I'm pretty sure that middle part where everything went crazy didn't happen like that...but it's so foggy now I'm not sure
Actually, I think I waited with my group in the temple-esque area because it was the end of our tunnel/cave and then we were found and those people died trying to flee. Also I remember being in a shower room for part of it...hrmmm...
I dunno...but I'm pretty sure I know where I got this dream...XD What influenced this dream...
I just recently watch Cloud Atlas, so the places were like in that movie
I watched something that was talking about Dark Souls
I watched Nostalgia Critic's Top 11 Dumbest moments from Lord of the Rings
The boy's name was Nao, so I'm pretty sure I was influenced by Alice Nine...XD
Yeppp...that's how it went. Sorry for the bad writing, I had to write it like that because I needed to focus more on what happened than the way I was writing it. I want to draw a picture of the characters now....specifically Nao...;3;
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I'm at the toning and effects stage of drawing Idolling now...but I need to do the cover. I'll be posted 2 pages a day instead of 4 because there aren't that many pages. I think this chapter will have a lot of goodies at the end! :D
Okie-dokie!
ADIOSSS!!
